Ed Nash opens up about Bombay Bicycle Club's future

Speaking to Zane Lowe on Beats 1 Ed said this about the future of Bombay Bicycle Club - "It still exists, we’re still friends, but everyone’s very keen on their own thing for a little while. Toothless will be my Bombay Bicycle Club, at least for the next couple of years. 

 I guess that’s the normal time it takes to make an album, release it and tour it. Everyone’s doing their own thing. It’s not like there will be no Bombay Bicycle Club anymore… It still exists in a different way. We still love each other very much.

I’m sure Bombay Bicycle Club isn’t completely dead. When no-one likes this, I can start doing that again."

[LISTEN] Toothless - Terra

When Bombay Bicycle Club announced they'd be going on hiatus a lot of fans were upset, as they fear it's the end. Turns out it's just giving the band time to do things the way they personally want, Jack is going solo so we hear, and Ed Nash (Bass) has just shared his new track under the moniker of Toothless, you can listen to "Terra" just below.

[LISTEN] Bad Sea - I'd Want U

Bad Sea are Ciara Thompson and Alan Farrell. Having won fans in IAI favourites Bombay Bicycle Club, the pair look set to follow in the footsteps of critical darlings Rae Morris and Lucy Rose. This is music that strides smoothly and confidently between a diverse influence of country, dream pop and 60s jangle while maintaining its own sparse aesthetic. Thompson's distinctive and emotive voice is typically buoyed by graceful, measured guitar rising occasionally to an arresting and affecting rapture. Their work to date speaks of a band who are as at home with neat, intelligent pop songwriting as they are with the pain that provoked it, perfectly embodied by songs like the poignant, off-kilter 'Comes to Blood' and first single 'I'd Want U' (embedded below). As the band themselves explain, 'this is what it means to be a banger merchant.'

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Ben Howard, Bombay and More; Citadel In Photos

We went to Victoria Park on Sunday to immerse ourselves in the very first Citadel festival. Here's our favourite photos of the day.

Citadel, photos by Josh Shreeve

Glasgow duo Honeyblood were one of the early-starters on the Communion Stage.

Stina Tweeddale gets the crowd bouncing.

Dan Croll played an early evening slot on the same stage to a sun-kissed crowd.

Followed by Nick Mulvey who headlined the Communion Stage.

Nick Mulvey performed an upbeat 'Nitrous Man'.

Festival-goers take shade.

Bombay Bicycle Club's Jack Steadman blesses the Citadel crowd. 

The band opened their set with 2014's 'Overdone'.

The four-piece also played  'It's Alright Now', 'Luna', and 'Home By Now' from their third album, 'So Long, See You Tomorrow'.

Jack Steadman and Ed Nash thrash out old hits 'What If' and 'Evening Morning'

Fans go wild for the confetti cannons and streamers to round off the bands set. It's only one of three festival appearances for them this year.

A tentative Ben Howard peers up at the crowd with opening 'Small Things'.

The singer remained silent between songs as he played the majority of his new album, 'I Forget Where We Were'.

There's cheers from the crowd though when Howard plays older hits such as 'Keep Your Head Up'.

Sunsets on Citadel for its first year...

...until next year.

Photos by Josh Shreeve

Ben Howard and Bombay Bicycle Club to Headline New Festival 'Citadel'

Ben Howard and Bombay Bicycle Club have been announced a the headline acts for new festival, 'Citadel', which will be held in Victoria Park, London on Sunday 19th July.

The one day festival comes from the creators of Lovebox and Wilderness but Ben Howard and Communion record label themselves are the ones sorting out the rest of the bill and judging by their appointment of Bombay Bicycle Club, there could be plenty more big names to come!

Tickets are only £45 and which you can purchase from this Friday at 9am. Alternatively, if you pre-register, tickets will be available from this Thursday at 9am. Click here to find out more about Citadel festival.

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Pink Floyd's David Gilmour peforms with Bombay Bicycle Club at Earls Court's last ever show

Pink Floyd's David Gilmour came on stage on the weekend and peformed with Bombay Bicycle Club at Earls Court's last ever show. The two acts covered Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" and Gilmour also joined the band on their song "Rinse Me Down".

You can watch some of the footage below.

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Bombay Bicycle Club release video for new single "Home By Now"

Bombay Bicycle Club have unveiled the video for their new single "Home By Now", which is released on the 1st December. The video is a tribute to Stanley Kubrick’s '2001: A Space Odyssey' and was directed by the band’s keyboard player, Louis Bhose.

Bombay Bicycle Club Live UK Dates - December 2014
03 – LEICESTER DE MONTFORT HALL
04 – PLYMOUTH PAVILIONS
05 – BOURNEMOUTH BIC SOLENT HALL
07 – MANCHESTER O2 APOLLO
08 – MANCHESTER O2 APOLLO
10 – WOLVERHAMPTON CIVIC HALL
11 – EDINBURGH USHER HALL
12 – NEWCASTLE O2 ACADEMY
13 – LONDON EARLS COURT

Mercury Music Prize Nominations Announced Tomorrow!

The prestigious Mercury Music Prize contenders will be announced tomorrow afternoon at 5:30pm by Alice Lavine at The Hospital Club in London. Television coverage will be broadcast on Channel 4 by Radio 1's Nick Grimshaw. Previous winners include James Blake, Franz Ferdinand, Arctic Monkeys and Alt-J.

So who could be in the running for the prize? Let's have a look shall we?

BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB - 'So Long, See You Tomorrow'

It'll be the first time the boys get nominated for the award. This album shows exactly how diverse Bombay Bicycle Club can be.

EAST INDIA YOUTH - 'Total Strife Forever'

A storming LP with classic songwriting manipulated in to electronic soundscapes - an immersive concept of emotionally captivating work.

ELBOW - 'The Take Off and Landing of Everything' 

Familiar faces to the Mercury Music Prize having won it in 2008, 'The Take Off and Landing of Everything' sees Guy Garvey and co deliver another beautifully crafted album. 

COLDPLAY - 'Ghost Stories'

Also no stranger to the awards, 'Ghost Stories' is a darker more electronic return with special tracks including Jon Hopkins-produced 'Midnight' and 'Always In My Head', unfortunately let down by the formulaic Avicii collaboration 'A Sky Full of Stars'.

DAMON ALBARN - 'Everyday Robots'

The music veteran that is Damon Albarn released his first solo LP this year and took it to his headline set at Latitude. The album ventures in to Albarn's complex creativity and creates a wonderfully expressive result.

KATE TEMPEST - 'Everybody Down'

Kate is currently the bookmakers' favourite for a nomination and sees the 27 year old spoken word artist bring her gritty yet creative product to the spotlight. 

FKA TWIGS - 'LP1'

FKA Twigs' cryptic gallop to the frontline of left-field electronica was met with high critical reviews earlier this year. 

JUNGLE - 'Jungle'

The severely-hyped Jungle managed to free the pressure by delivering a consistent set of indie-funk tracks earlier this year. 

DANIEL AVERY - 'Drone Logic' 

Daniel Avery is still a relatively underground producer but 'Drone Logic' is a simplistic electronic concept but throws around many dynamics and contrasts to keep maximum interest in the sound. 

Saint Raymond covers Bombay Bicycle Club's "Luna"

Saint Raymond's cover of "Luna", originally by Bombay Bicycle Club, was recorded in session for Phil Taggart from Maida Vale on 28th of August 2014, and now the new star of upbeat Indie music has uploaded it, check it out below!

 

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Bombay Bicycle Club share Nicita remix of "Home By Now"

Bombay Bicycle Club don't put just any old remix up on their official soundcloud page, it has to be amazing! And this track adheres to that one rule, it's simply sublime, it still keeps the great vocals with Lucy and Jack duetting still, the great drum beat and the rest has been re-worked by Nicita and re-imagined.

Not a bad remix as far as we're concerned, let us know what you think of it!


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Jack Steadman remixes Rae Morris' "Cold"

Jack Steadman of Bombay Bicycle Club has given Rae Morris' new track "Cold" a remix, and the results are great! Rae's début album is out on 22nd September, and she'll be touring the UK throughout that month including London’s Village Underground on 16th September.

Check out the video for "Cold" here. 

Rae Morris' UK headline tour
12 Sept Green Door Store, Brighton
13 Sept Joiners, Southampton
14 Sept Colston Hall, Bristol
16 Sept Village Underground, London
19 Sept Deaf Institute, Manchester
20 Sept Nice N Sleazy, Glasgow
21 Sept Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
23 Sept Cluny 2, Newcastle
24 Sept Bodega Social, Nottingham

*Supporting George Ezra*
16 Oct Leeds Metropolitan University
17 Oct Newcastle Uni
18 Oct Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow
20 Oct Ritz Manchester
21 Oct O2 Academy, Bristol
22 Oct Portsmouth Pyramids Centre
24 Oct O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, London
25 Oct The Institute, Birmingham
26 Oct Cardiff Solus

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Bombay Bicycle Club announce Earls Court Arena show on December 13th

Riding on the wave of a No.1 album, North London’s Bombay Bicycle Club today announce a huge live show at London’s Earls Court Arena, the capital’s largest and most iconic venue, on December 13th 2014.

The band are honoured to perform at the arena which, since its opening in 1937, has seen some of the biggest names in music grace its stage, such as Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Queen and David Bowie. More recently the arena has played host to the likes of Muse, Bloc Party, Arctic Monkeys and Arcade Fire.

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Bombay Bicycle Club unveil video for new single "Come To"

Riding on the wave of a No.1 album, the diversely talented Bombay Bicycle Club have announced ‘Come To’ as their next single. This will be released on August 18th through Island Records, and will undoubtedly be the soundtrack to the summer festival season.

Having completely sold out European and UK tours at the beginning of the year, Bombay Bicycle Club followed with a critically acclaimed Brixton Academy show in London and a huge sold out U.S. tour including a tent bursting slot at Coachella. This month they embark on the UK festival circuit, commencing with Glastonbury before taking in T In The Park, Latitude and headlining Reading & Leeds Radio 1/NME stage.   

June 29 - Glastonbury 

July 12 - T In The Park 

July 19 - Latitude 

Aug 23 - Reading 

Aug 24 - Leeds

Daily Download... Bombay Bicycle Club - Feel (UNKLE Reconstruction)

This remix is available as a free download for the next 24 hours! You can download their new album "So Long, See You Tomorrow" on iTunes, it's out now!

Get freaky with this sexy remix NOW!

Watch 10 Of The Best Performances From BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend Here

The two day weekend festival brought to you by BBC Radio 1 was at Glasgow this year and they had a plethora of bands playing over the two days, and here we have TEN of the best songs.

Enjoy.

Bastille - Flaws




Bombay Bicycle Club - Feel




Chvrches - The Mother We Share




Coasts - Oceans




Coldplay - Sky Full Of Stars




Darlia - Dear Diary




Honeyblood - Killer Bangs




Kasabian - Eez-Eh




London Grammar - Hey Now




Royal Blood - Come on Over

Bombay Bicycle Club to release live footage

Bombay Bicycle Club have released details concerning the release of new video footage from their March 13th gig at Brixton Academy. The concert footage will be available on the band's website http://bombaybicycleclubmusic.com from May 6th.
If you can't wait that long, you can already watch a 33 second teaser.

The London band are currently on a US and Canada tour promoting their new album "So Long, See You Tomorrow", which reached Number One on the UK album charts earlier this year. 

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Bombay Bicycle Club unveil new track "To The Bone"

Bombay Bicycle Club have announced a late addition to my Record Store Day shopping list, the band said...

"We’re releasing a limited edition 7” single for Record Store Day 2014 on April 19th (1000 copies). It features new songs "To The Bone" and "Reign Down". "To The Bone" is s a song we recorded while making So "Long, See You Tomorrow".  

We weren’t sure how it fit on the album but we really wanted you to hear the song so we decided to keep it back for its own release. "Reign Down" is the original demo version of the song "So Long, See You Tomorrow"."

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Jack Steadman shares solo track "In The Morning"

The Bombay Bicycle Club frontman has unveiled a brand new solo track on his ever growing soundcloud page. The song is not the usual Indie sound, rather a mixture of Urban music combined with gospel elements and old school trance!

It's also going around as a free download, so why not grab it!

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Bombay Bicycle Club announce single "Feel"

Riding on the wave of a No.1 album and a critically acclaimed live show, Bombay Bicycle Club have announced what will surely be the soundtrack of summer, the Bollywood inspired "Feel" as their next single (out 19th May).

You can check out the video below!

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Jack Steadman unveils remix of Sivu's "Can't Stop Now"

Jack Steadman isn't one to sit back and relax after recording an album, the Bombay Bicycle Club front-man has remixed - Cambridgeshire's very own - Sivu's latest single "Can't Stop Now", and you can check it out below, enjoy!

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